Author Pat Conroy dies of cancer

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Pat Conroy, whose best-selling novels include “Prince of Tides,” died Friday evening at his home in Beaufort, S.C.

He was 70 years old.

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Beaufort author Pat Conroy shakes hands with a fan during a book signing on Dec. 8, 2014, at the University of South Carolina Beaufort Center for the Arts in Beaufort. Delayna Earley dearley@islandpacket.com

“The water is wide but he has now crossed over,” said his wife, Cassandra King, through a family friend.

Conroy was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer about a month ago. When he announced it Feb. 15 on Facebook, he said, “I intend to fight it hard.”

He died at 7:43 p.m., surrounded by loved ones and family.

Stomach pain was at first thought to be pancreatitis. But further testing confirmed shortly before the public announcement that it was pancreatic cancer, which spread rapidly.

He said at the time his goal was to finish a novel he was writing.
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Pat Conroy
Author

Donald Patrick "Pat" Conroy was a New York Times bestselling author who has written several acclaimed novels and memoirs. Two of his novels, The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini, were made into Oscar-nominated films. Wikipedia

Born: October 26, 1945, Atlanta, GA

Died: March 4, 2016

Spouse: Cassandra King (m. 1998), Barbara Jones (m. 1969–1977)

Movies: The Prince of Tides, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Water Is Wide

Quotes

Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers, that the mind can never break off from the journey.


Without music, life is a journey through a desert.


Baseball fans love numbers. They love to swirl them around their mouths like Bordeaux wine.
 
From his FB on Feb 15, 2016:

Hey out there,

I celebrated my 70th birthday in October and realized that I’ve spent my whole writing life trying to find out who I am and I don’t believe I’ve even come close. It was in Beaufort in sight of a river’s sinuous turn, and the movements of its dolphin-proud tides that I began to discover myself and where my life began at fifteen.

I have recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. With the help of the wonderful people at M.D. Anderson I intend to fight it hard. I am grateful to all my beloved readers, my friends and my family for their prayers. I owe you a novel and I intend to deliver it.

Much love,
Pat Conroy
 
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